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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






2. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






3. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






4. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.






5. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






6. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






7. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






8. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






9. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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10. r-controlled syllable






11. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






12. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






13. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






14. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.






15. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






16. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






17. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






18. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






19. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






20. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






21. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






22. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






23. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






24. A word that is immediately recognized as a whole and does not require decoding to identify. A sight word may or may not be phonetically regular.






25. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






26. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






27. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






28. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






29. A significant unit of visual shape. We use the visual shape as to cover not only writing - but also any other shape perceived by the eye which is a visible representation of a unit of speech. A single graphic letter or letter cluster which represents






30. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






31. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






32. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






33. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






34. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






35. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






36. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






37. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






38. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






39. Open syllable






40. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






41. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






42. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






43. English as a second language






44. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






45. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






46. A way of describing - in standard deviation units - a raw score's distance from its distribution means.






47. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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48. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






49. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






50. Ability to understand and express spoken language